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Category: Members Journal

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Local 25 fights for workers with labor walks

February 4, 2025 Throughout 2024, SMART Local 25 (Northern New Jersey) supported a variety of pro-worker candidates on labor walks.
  • Tags local 25, Local Union News, Members Journal, Winter 2025

Local 66 honors state rep. for championing workers

February 4, 2025 On November 11, 2024, SMART Local 66 (Seattle, Wash.) presented honorary membership to Mary Fosse, a state House representative from Washington’s 38th District.
  • Tags Local 66, Local Union News, Members Journal, Winter 2025

Local 5 members build beds for Tennessee kids

February 4, 2025 The SMART Army showed out in force for kids in need in Bradley County, Tennessee, last October: Local 5 members partnered with the local chapter of Sleep in Heavenly Peace, building 30 beds for children forced to sleep without them.
  • Tags community service, Local 5, Members Journal, Sleep in Heavenly Peace, SMART Army, volunteer, Winter 2025

Special Focus: Harris and Walz will empower us to win

October 22, 2024 Your vote, your union and the 2024 election Every four years, election season changes the tone and tenor of life in the United States. Attack ads flood our TV screens. Vitriolic arguments take place in the comment sections of Facebook, Instagram and YouTube. Family reunions a [...]
  • Tags CHIPS and Science Act, election, election 2024, Inflation Reduction Act, Kamala Harris, Tim Walz
SMART General President Michael Coleman addresses the SMART-TD National Training Seminar

It’s time to take action for your family and your union

October 22, 2024 General President's Message
  • Tags Fall 2024, GP Coleman, GP Message, Members Journal

Our future is in our hands

October 22, 2024 General Secretary-Treasurer's Message
  • Tags Fall 2024, General Secretary-Treasurer, John Daniel, Members Journal

Looking ahead

October 22, 2024 SMART Transportation Division President's Message
  • Tags 2024 SMART-TD Convention, Fall 2024, Members Journal, SMART-TD President Jeremy Ferguson

Time to clear the air in our schools

October 22, 2024 Director of Canadian Affairs message
  • Tags Canada, Canadian Affairs, Fall 2024, sustainable jobs

Third SMART General Convention recap: TD Convention roundup — Sunday, Aug. 11

October 22, 2024 Jeremy Ferguson of Local 313 (Grand Rapids, Mich.) was reelected as president of SMART-TD on Sunday, August 11, by delegates to the Third TD Convention. His second five-year term as the leader of the United States’ largest railroad and transit union begins Oct. 1, where he wi [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, 2024 SMART-TD Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

Third SMART General Convention recap: Monday, Aug. 12

October 22, 2024 GP Coleman tells delegates: “We’re not done.” General President Michael Coleman kicked off the Third SMART General Convention on August 12, 2024, at Caesars Forum in Las Vegas, Nev. In a nod to the convention theme — “Challenge met. But we’re not done.” — Coleman celebrated o [...]
  • Tags 2024 SMART General Convention, convention, Fall 2024, members, Members Journal

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